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Studies in American Culture

CAS AM 735

Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Introduction to handling of primary materials from a number of disciplines in order to develop an American Studies perspective. Required of all American Studies PhD students.

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A1 Moore R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm Required course for AMNESP PhDs

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Inequality and American Politics

CAS AA 519

  • The Individual in Community
  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120) - This course examines the role of income inequality in shaping American politics and policy. Combining research from history, political science, economics, and public policy scholars, we will consider a range of important topics, including inequality in public voice, money and politics, and attitudes towards redistribution. We will apply this knowledge as part of a final paper project in metropolitan Boston. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Writing- Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy.

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Understanding Architecture

CAS AH 201

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy

Introduces a range of approaches to understanding architecture in an historical perspective. Learn how architects and others have interpreted meaning through rubrics of art, nature, and culture, focused upon European and American architecture from 1400 to the present. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

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A1 Abramson CAS 313 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

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American Cultural Landscape Studies

CAS AM 525

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor. - This seminar provides an introduction to analyzing and interpreting American cultural landscapes and acquaints students with the historiography of interdisciplinary study of the built environment. Also offered as CAS AH 525.

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European Dimensions of the Black Diaspora

CAS AA 380

Explores writings about the Black experience in Europe since the 1800s through examinations of historical and literary works, artistic and folkloric depictions, as well as politics and sports in England, France, Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands. Also offered as CAS HI 360.

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Boston Architectural and Community History Workshop

CAS AM 555

Focuses on class readings, lectures, and research on a single neighborhood or community in Boston (or Greater Boston). Greatest emphasis is on using primary sources-- land titles and deeds, building permits, fire insurance atlases and other maps. Explores places and sources that help assess and narrate the rich history of architectural and urban development.

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Topics in African American Literature

CAS AA 502

Topic for Fall 2022: Tracking Changes in the Twentieth-Century African American Novel: Negotiations of Genre and Gender. Readings of Slave Narratives and Neo Slave Narratives, and the Urban Novel. Authors include Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Walter Mosley.

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Seminar: Twentieth-Century Art

CAS AH 895

Topic for Fall 2024: Section A1: "Latin American Art and the Cold War." Studies Latin American artistic practices in relation to Cold War political frameworks, such as development and dependency discourses, the impact of the Cuban Revolution, U.S. and Soviet cultural policies, and the rise of numerous political dictatorships.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Reyes HIS 110 W 2:30 pm-4:15 pm

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A1 Williams CAS 308 W 4:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Venetian Renaissance Art

CAS AH 352

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression

A study of art and architecture in Renaissance Venice with focus on the "Myth of Venice," Byzantinne heritage, introduction of the oil medium, Scuole, and the work of the Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Palladio, Veronese, and Tintoretto. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Creativity/Innovation.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Cranston MOR 101 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Seminar: Renaissance Art and Architecture

CAS AH 853

Topic for Fall 2020: Collecting and Exhibiting Italian Renaissance Art. Considers the collection and exhibition of Italian Renaissance art from the 15th century until the current day. Relevant topics will include: historic and contemporary practices of collecting and display; private and public space; and the architecture of seclusion

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A1 Cranston CAS 303A M 12:20 pm-2:05 pm

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History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa

CAS AA 382

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Historical Consciousness

The study of the development of religious traditions in Africa during the period prior to European colonialism. An emphasis on both indigenous religions and the growth and spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the continent as a whole. Also offered as CAS HI 349 and CAS RN 382. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness.

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A1 Thornton FLR 206 MWF 1:25 pm-2:15 pm Mts w/CAS HI349 Mts w/CAS RN382 Mts w/GRS AA882 Mts w/GRS RN682

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The Museum and The Historical Agency

CAS AH 520

History, present realities, and future possibilities of museums and historical agencies, using Boston's excellent examples. Issues and debates confronting museums today examined in the light of historical development and changing communities. Emphasis on collecting, display and interpretation.

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A1 Hall CAS 303A R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Seminar: Photography

CAS AH 891

Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Historical, archival, and theoretical examinations of photography, with emphasis on its role both as document and as art. Topic for Fall 2024: The Photographic Book. Examines the photographic book from 1839 to present. Concentrates on the book as a unique form for the medium. Study image/text relationships, narrative structures, cultural constructions of message, serial quality of grouped images, and differences/similarities between literary and photographic languages.

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A2 Sichel CAS 303A M 10:10 am-11:55 am

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Kongo to Cuba: Art, Exchange, and Self-Determination in Africa and Latin America

CAS AH 114

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy

This course introduces the arts of Africa and Latin America. It explores the rich diversity of each continent's artistic production and highlights the impact of their intertwining histories on visual expression in the wake of transcontinental exchange and globalization. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.

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A1 Becker CAS 313 MWF 1:25 pm-2:15 pm Mts w/CAS AA114

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B1 Becker CAS B25B M 3:35 pm-4:25 pm Mts w/CAS AA114

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C1 Becker CAS B25B M 4:40 pm-5:30 pm Mts w/CAS AA114

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D1 Becker CAS 212 W 9:05 am-9:55 am Mts w/CAS AA114

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E1 Becker CAS 308 W 10:10 am-11:00 am Mts w/CAS AA114

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Renaissance Art

CAS AH 257

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Historical Consciousness

Survey of the arts in the Renaissance in Italy from the communes of the early fifteenth century to the courts of the sixteenth century. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.

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The African Diaspora in the Americas

CAS AA 489

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - History of peoples of African descent in the Americas after end of slavery from an international framework. Examines development of racial categories, emergence of national identities in wake of the wars of independence, diverse Black communities in the twentieth century. Also offered as CAS HI 489.

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A1 Castillo CAS 325 F 11:15 am-2:00 pm

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American Folk Art

CAS AM 369

Explores the objects that collectors and museums identify as "American Folk Art." Examines how this label developed throughout the twentieth century; familiarizes students with major collections and genres including painting, sculpture, textiles, and other media. Also offered as CAS AH 369.

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Problems in African Diaspora Art History

CAS AH 571

Introduces students to the field of African Diaspora Art History. Each week we look at a different “problem” of diaspora—beginnings, language, archives— giving students various entry points into the issues that shape the sub-field.

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A1 Smythe-Johnson AAS 102 R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Mts w/ AA571

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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

CAS AA 207

  • Historical Consciousness
  • The Individual in Community
  • Research and Information Literacy

Examines the fundamental theoretical and empirical approaches regarding race/ethnicity and the current state of race relations in the U.S. that explore both contemporary social problems. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, The Individual in Community, Research and Information Literacy.

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A1 Grundy WED 130 TR 9:30 am-10:45 am Mts w/CAS SO207 ; Students registering for CAS AA207 A1 lecture must also register for CAS AA207 A(2-4) discussion.

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A2 Grundy MCS B33 F 9:05 am-9:55 am Mts w/CAS SO207

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A3 Grundy CAS 204B F 10:10 am-11:00 am Mts w/CAS SO207

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A4 Grundy KCB 102 F 12:20 pm-1:10 pm Mts w/CAS SO207

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A5 Grundy PRB 146 F 2:30 pm-3:20 pm Mts w/CAS SO207

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A1 Grundy CAS 522 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm Mts w/CAS SO207

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B1 Campos Jr FLR 122 W 9:05 am-9:55 am

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C1 Campos Jr COM 217 W 10:10 am-11:00 am

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D1 King SOC B59 W 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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E1 King PRB 148 W 12:20 pm-1:10 pm

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African Diaspora Religions

CAS AA 683

  • Historical Consciousness
  • The Individual in Community
  • Research and Information Literacy

This course introduces students to religions of the African Diaspora, with a specific focus on the Caribbean and the Americas. Religious traditions such as Africanized Christianity, Cuban Santer¿a, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candombl¿ and African American Spiritualism will be explored. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

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Slavery and the In-Between

CAS AA 287

  • Critical Thinking
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Historical Consciousness

Examines the space between freedom and enslavement known as recaptivity. Course discussions focus on conceptions of freedom and their relationship to recaptive status. Reviews recaptivity contexts in both the historical and archaeological record. Also examines the theme of return. Effective Fall 2024 fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Critical Thinking, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Historical Consciousness.

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A1 Cunningham CAS 208 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm

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Continuing Study Part-Time

CAS AA 983

CONT STUDY PT

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Certified Full-Time Study

CAS AA 981

CERT FT STUDY

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Twentieth Century Art from 1940 to 1980

CAS AH 392

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores major currents in art produced around the world during the tumultuous middle decades of the 20th century. The following topics, among others, are examined in relation to postwar culture and Cold War politics: realism vs. abstraction, global pop art and conceptual art, new materials and technologies, international artists' networks, and performative art practices. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

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Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

CAS AN 101

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Social Inquiry I

Introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and problems of sociocultural anthropology, emphasizing the study of traditional and complex societies. Special attention to the organization and meaning of religion, economic life, kinship and political order; and the problem of cultural variation in the contemporary world. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Research and Information Literacy.

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A1 Schwartz CAS 522 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am

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A2 Schwartz PSY B35 R 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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A4 Schwartz WED 406 F 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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A5 Schwartz COM 109 F 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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A6 Schwartz COM 109 W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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A7 Schwartz SAR 300 W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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A8 Schwartz PRB 148 T 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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A9 Schwartz CGS 115 T 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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A1 Schwartz COM 101 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am

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A2 Schwartz PSY B51 R 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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A3 Schwartz PSY B53 R 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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A4 Schwartz CDS B63 F 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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A5 Schwartz CAS 235 F 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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A6 Schwartz CAS 325 T 8:00 am-8:50 am

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A7 Schwartz CDS 163 W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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B1 Schwartz CAS 325 W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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Seminar: Asian Art

CAS AH 820

Undergraduate Prerequisites: graduate standing. - Fall 2022 topic: "Japan on World Display." Course explores the manifold ways that Japan has been presented, performed, and received in the last 150 years through the nation's participation in major world's fairs, with attention to some domestic fairs, design exhibitions, and the Olympic

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Introduction to Critical University Studies: Space, Place, and BU

CAS AA 574

  • Historical Consciousness
  • Writing-Intensive Course

This team-taught seminar uses the lens of "critical university studies" to consider the ways colonialism and white supremacy have shaped the history of American universities. Readings and archival research examine land appropriation, slavery and anti-slavery, segregation, and policing at Boston University. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Writing-Intensive, Historical Consciousness.

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Human Biology, Behavior, and Evolution

CAS AN 102

  • Critical Thinking
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Scientific Inquiry I

Introduces basic principles of evolutionary biology, human origins, genetics, reproduction, socio-ecology, and the evolution of primate and human behavior and adaptions. Section activities include examination of fossil and skeletal material, and hands-on projects involving human and primate behavior and biology. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry I, Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Scientific Inquiry I, Critical Thinking.

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A1 Glowacki CAS 211 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm Students registering for AN 102 A1 must also register for a Lab section (A2-B2).

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A2 Vadavalli CAS 335 M 12:20 pm-2:05 pm

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A3 Vadavalli CAS 335 M 2:30 pm-4:15 pm

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A4 Martin CAS 335 W 2:30 pm-4:15 pm

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A5 Zarate CAS 335 R 9:00 am-10:45 am

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A6 Zarate CAS 335 R 1:30 pm-3:15 pm

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A1 Garrett CAS 313 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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B1 Albert CAS 335 W 9:00 am-10:45 am

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B2 Erkens CAS 335 T 9:00 am-10:45 am

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B3 Erkens CAS 335 R 9:00 am-10:45 am

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B4 Rothamer CAS 335 R 2:30 pm-4:15 pm

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B5 Rothamer CAS 335 M 12:20 pm-2:05 pm

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The Politics and Policy of HBO's The Wire

CAS AA 313

  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Social Inquiry II
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

HBO's television series The Wire is used to explore politics and policy. A number of interdisciplinary topics are covered, including the war on drugs, urban elections, bureaucracy, rational choice theory, and the decline of American cities. Also offered as CAS PO 313. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork/Collaboration.

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A1 Glick CAS 522 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm

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American Folk Art

CAS AH 369

Explores the objects that collectors and museums identify as "American Folk Art." Examines how this label developed throughout the twentieth century; familiarizes students with major collections and genres including painting, sculpture, textiles, and other media. Also offered as CAS AM 369.

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Continuing Study Full-Time

CAS AA 985

CONT STUDY CFT

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African American Religious History

CAS AA 311

This course offers a historical survey of religions practiced by people of African descent living in North America. Students explore the diverse terrain of African American religiosity, which includes Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Spiritualism, and African-derived religions.

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Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy History, Theory and Practice

CAS AH 530

Introduction to the history, theory, and practice of the art of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. The related art of seal carving is also introduced. No knowledge of Chinese or Japanese required.

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Twentieth-Century Architecture

CAS AH 398

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Historical Consciousness

This course provides an introduction to the major developments in architecture and urban planning from ca. 1900 to the present. It traces the proliferation of modernist thought through key projects but also to everyday buildings and landscapes. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.

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A1 Alnajada CAS 315 TR 9:30 am-10:45 am

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Medieval Art in Europe

CAS AH 240

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

This course covers roughly one thousand years of art and architecture in Europe, Western Asia, and the Mediterranean from the Late Roman Era to the Renaissance. A broad range of media from stained glass to sculpture, gem encrusted metalwork, mosaics, ivories, manuscript illumination, lavish textiles, and other types of visual culture are examined. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

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A1 Kahn CAS 222 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am

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Race and Politics

CAS AA 308

  • Critical Thinking
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Social Inquiry II

Combining research from history, political science, sociology, and economics, this course examines the role of race and ethnicity in shaping American politics and policy. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry II, Ethical Reasoning, Critical Thinking.

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Seminar: Ethnic, Race, and Minority Relations

CAS AA 808

Formation and position of ethnic minorities in the United States, including cross-group comparisons from England, Africa, and other parts of the world. Readings and field experience. Also offered as GRS SO 808.

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A1 Zabala Ortiz FLR 209 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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A1 Grundy FLR 207 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Pyramids to Cathedrals: An Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art

CAS AH 111

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Historical Consciousness

A chronological examination of the fundamentals of art and architectural history, this course introduces students to major monuments and works of art from antiquity to the middle ages in their social, religious and historical contexts. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Creativity/Innovation.

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A1 Kahn LAW AUD TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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B1 Kahn CAS B25B M 10:10 am-11:00 am

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C1 Sloutsky CAS B25B M 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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D1 Sloutsky CAS 308 M 12:20 pm-1:10 pm

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E1 Sloutsky CAS 308 M 1:25 pm-2:15 pm

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F1 Lennartz PSY B43 T 2:00 pm-2:50 pm

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G1 Lefrancois CAS B25A T 5:00 pm-5:50 pm

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H1 Sloutsky CAS B25B W 10:10 am-11:00 am

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I1 Dobson CAS B25B W 2:30 pm-3:20 pm

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J1 Dobson CAS B25B W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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K1 Lefrancois CAS 323B M 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

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L2 Lennartz CAS 308 T 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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Blacks and Asians: Encounters Through Time and Space

CAS AA 490

This course comparatively explores how artists, writers, and activists of African descent and those of Asian descent have struggled against the political-economic, spiritual, psychological and cultural aggressions of global white supremacy and imagined and invented new modes of human liberation. Also offered as CAS HI 490.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Richardson STH 625 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Mts w/CAS HI490

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The Arc of Russian and Ukrainian Art

CAS AH 363

This course introduces students to the history of art and architecture of Russia and Ukraine from the early Slavic period to the present day. The lectures and readings are organized chronologically and follow the main artistic developments throughout this period.

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Religion and Hip Hop

CAS AA 296

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression

Uses digital media studies to explore diverse religious expressions in hip hop culture. Through critical reading, community field trips, and hands-on technology usage, students consider an often overlooked element in the study of hip hop culture: religion. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Guillory CAS 326 MWF 9:05 am-9:55 am

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Black Freedom Dreams: America and the World

CAS AA 371

  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

Surveys the history of African diaspora peoples in the Americas from their African origins and the rise of the Atlantic slave trade through the age of emancipations, investigating the varied meanings of race, resistance, migration, and freedom. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Historical Consciousness, Teamwork/Collaboration. Also offered as CAS HI 298.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Craig CAS 213 MWF 4:40 pm-5:30 pm Mts w/CAS HI298; Bradley Craig

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Arts and Monuments of Asia

CAS AH 113

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication

An introduction to the art and architecture of Asia from the earliest times to the present. Course addresses not only important cultural monuments but also portable art objects within museum collections. Course examines a wide range of media, including ink painting, ceramics, textiles, photography, as well as major architectural projects, monuments, and built environments. It aims to challenge and rethink monolithic definitions of "Asian art" by allowing students to understand the complex and sophisticated processes of interregional and global cultural exchange. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Aesthetic Exploration.

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Civil Rights History

CAS AA 310

  • Historical Consciousness
  • The Individual in Community
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

This course examines the U.S. Civil Rights and the struggle for black freedom movements. From the late nineteenth century through the twenty-first century, we consider events, organizations, "leaders" and organizers, legal campaigns, and political protests to answer the questions: What were the race, class, and gender dynamics within the movements? What were the changing definitions of freedom? The course treats the movement's roots, goals, ideologies, and cultures, and includes a comparison of the struggles for equal rights of Mexican Americans, Native Americans, LGBT folks, and other groups. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Historical Consciousness, Teamwork/Collaboration.

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Digital Curation: Towards National Parks: Art and Nature, Nature and Nation

CAS AH 507

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression

Before national parks, wild locations attracted artists, photographers and poets. Their works made these areas known to tourist-viewers. Prepare a digital exhibition and map artist- advocates as they explored mountains, forests and waterfalls. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Digital/Multimedia Expression, Creativity/Innovation.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Hall CAS 308 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Prerequisite: AH 112, or at least one course on art or literature in Europe/US 1300-1750 or 1750-present

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Religion in the Digital Age

CAS AA 656

  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR120) - How has technology impacted religion? This hands-on course explores how digital technologies like the Internet, social media, gaming, and artificial intelligence have changed the way that people think about religion. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Writing-Intensive Course, Creativity/Innovation.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Guillory CAS 225 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Seminar: Medieval Art

CAS AH 444

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASAH111 & CASAH112) and two courses at the 200 level or higher, or consent of the instruct or. - In-depth examination of varying topics in the study of Medieval Art. Topic for Fall 2022: Cathedrals and Castles: the Art and Architecture of Medieval Europe. Castles and cathedrals with their splendid treasures from gold and gem-studded objects to vast stained-glass windows, precious textiles and illuminated manuscripts are explored as the backdrop for the social political, religious, and cultural conditions of the period.

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Learning to See

CAS AH 210

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Historical Consciousness

Strengthens your ability to describe and analyze the visual world. From fundamentals such as color and composition to the design of advertisements, propaganda, and appliances. A lab component provides opportunities for direct engagement with objects, images, and the built environment. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Ribner CAS 222 MWF 9:05 am-9:55 am

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
B1 Ribner CAS 323B W 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
C1 Ribner CAS B25A W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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Architecture Capstone

CAS AH 486

  • Ethical Reasoning
  • The Individual in Community

This course guides senior and eligible junior architectural studies majors through a capstone experience, which may be an internship or a research project. Open only by application. Interested students contact Professor Martin by Nov. 1, 2023. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Ethical Reasoning.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Abramson CAS 308 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Must submit project proposal in December to enroll

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Introduction to American Studies

CAS AM 200

  • Critical Thinking
  • Research and Information Literacy

An exploration of the multi-faceted themes of American society and culture in selected historical periods using a variety of approaches to interpret such topics as American art, literature, politics, material culture, and the mass media. Required of majors and minors. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Critical Thinking, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Battenfeld HIS 110 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Colloquium in Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture

CAS AH 791

Topic for Fall 2023: "Contemporary Art and Globalization." Considers cultural globalization as the key critical paradigm for art produced since the late 1980s. Explores how international artists, curators, and scholars have negotiated the space between local tradition and global exchange.

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Twentieth-Century Art to 1940

CAS AH 391

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy

A study of the key tendencies in European art between the 1880s and World War II. The work of van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Dali, and their contemporaries is examined in relation to major issues in European culture and politics. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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B1 Hite CAS 303A TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Toni Morrison's American Times

CAS AA 305

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: one previous literature course or junior or senior standing. First-Yea r Writing Seminar (WR 120 or equivalent). - Using historical and literary sources to make visible the interactions between the world of the novel and that of American history, the course examines how Morrison's Song of Solomon, Beloved, Jazz, and Love depict crucial times in American history. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Boelcskevy CAS 213 MWF 2:30 pm-3:20 pm

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The Literature of American Studies

CAS AM 736

Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Introduction to classic problems in the interpretation of American society and culture. Required of all American Studies PhD students.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Patterson HIS 110 R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Required course for AMNESP PhDs

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Contemporary Art: 1980 to Now

CAS AH 693

Explores the terms of debate, key figures, and primary sites for the production and reception of contemporary art on a global scale since 1980. Painting, installation art, new media, performance, art criticism, and curatorial practice are discussed.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Williams CAS 224 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Mts w/CAS AH393 CFA Students Only

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Topics in Latin American Art

CAS AH 323

Study of a region, theme, or period in Latin America art and architecture. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2023: Artivism Since the 1960s. Examines art and aesthetics in political activism, focusing on artists, activists, and curators' contributions to the struggles against dictatorships during dirty wars, ongoing racial and gender discrimination, as well as environmental over-exploitation

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Seminar: American Art

CAS AH 887

May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Fall 2024, Section A1: American Art and the Atlantic. This seminar examines nineteenth century American art made on and about the Atlantic Ocean. We consider art including seascapes, representations of the middle passage, and Arctic photographs, while discussing critical approaches from environmental history to the blue humanities.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Barrett CAS 303A F 12:20 pm-2:05 pm

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Critical Studies: Black Diaspora Theory and Practice

CAS AA 477

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • The Individual in Community

Explore "diaspora" as a keyword for black studies, intervene in the term's emergence, usage, and many theorizations. Beginning with Paul Gilroy's take on diasporic culture and consciousness, course goes on to complicate/extend/challenge through lens of black gender and sexuality studies. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.

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Black Thought: Literary and Cultural Criticism in the African Diaspora

CAS AA 591

Undergraduate Prerequisites: two previous literature courses or junior or senior standing. - An introduction to the cultural criticism of African-America and the Black Diaspora. This ranges from literary, theoretical and public conversations centered on race, and interrelated issues such as gender, sex, and migration. The course hones in on specific trends, themes, topics and characteristics of this work and assesses its relationship to historical and contemporary political and social contexts.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Chude-Sokei AAS 102 MWF 2:30 pm-3:20 pm Mts w/CAS EN537

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Black American Cinema

CAS AA 430

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • The Individual in Community

A survey of important genres and movements in the history of Black American cinema, with possible focus on race films, civil rights dramas, horror and Blaxploitation films, postcolonial cinema, the LA Rebellion school, Black independent film, afrofuturism, and/or more. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Denison FLR 121 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm

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Write Back Soon: Blackness and the Prison

CAS AA 132

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • The Individual in Community

This course interrogates the theme of black containment from slavery and Jim Crow to, principally, mass incarceration. Students explore the topic alongside the development of open letter writing skills. This form explores the persuasive impact of personal relationships and the politics of public vulnerabilities. Readings include letters to and from prison, documentaries, poetry, short stories, anthologies, memoirs, comics, visual art, and critical interventions. We also look at contemporary projects organizing for abolition and prisoner support.. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.

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Seminar: Contemporary Art

CAS AH 596

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASAH111 & CASAH112) and two courses at the 200-level or higher, or consent of the instruct or. - Rotating topics in art, criticism and theory since 1960. Examines major themes such as formalism, minimalism, conceptual art, the neo-avant-garde, art and politics, postmodernism and globalization in their social and political contexts. Topic for Fall 2024: Seminar: German Art since 1989. Explores German art since reunification in 1989-91. Examines cultural and political legacy of East/West division and analyzes artists’ responses to German colonial history and migration in the context of contemporary debates about national identity.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Williams CAS 308 W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm

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Kongo to Cuba: Art, Exchange, and Self-Determination in Africa and Latin America

CAS AA 114

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy

This course introduces the arts of Africa and Latin America. It explores the rich diversity of each continent's artistic production and highlights the impact of their intertwining histories on visual expression in the wake of transcontinental exchange and globalization. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Becker CAS 313 MWF 1:25 pm-2:15 pm Mts w/CAS AH114

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
B1 Becker CAS B25B M 3:35 pm-4:25 pm Mts w/CAS AH114

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
C1 Becker CAS B25B M 4:40 pm-5:30 pm Mts w/CAS AH114

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
D1 Becker CAS 212 W 9:05 am-9:55 am Mts w/CAS AH114

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
E1 Becker CAS 308 W 10:10 am-11:00 am Mts w/CAS AH114

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Sociology of Race, Class & Gender

CAS AA 335

  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Historical Consciousness
  • The Individual in Community

Undergraduate Prerequisites: At least one prior 100- or 200-level sociology course, or CAS WS 101/1 02. - No one of us is one thing, one identity, nor motivated by one singular interest, nor privileged or subjugated by one singular form of power, but how do those multiple forms of ourselves affect how we are advantaged, disadvantaged, viewed, and understood by the social world? Our social world, is, by default, a vast web of social intersections between and across groups with shared, overlapping, and conflicting identities. Race, class and gender affect nearly all of our lived experiences and greatly complicate and nuance concepts of diversity and difference. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression , The Individual in Community, Historical Consciousness.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Grundy FLR 206 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Research Seminar in American Studies

CAS AM 501

  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

American Studies majors and minors complete their program of study by undertaking a one- or two-semester (AM501 and/or AM502) senior project based on original research or criticism. Topics vary by semester. Topic for Fall 2024: Food and Power in American History. Effective Fall 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Phillips HIS 110 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm Topic for Fall 2024: Food and Power in American History

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Seminar: Topics in Museum Exhibits

CAS AH 404

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Topics seminar. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2024: “Museum Practice Today.” Art museums are at a point of inflection as they face multiple economic, social, and climate-related challenges. This course examines museums' unique obstacles and opportunities, inviting students to critically reimagine our cultural organizations.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Cooney CAS 308 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Anthropology Through Ethnography

CAS AN 103

  • Critical Thinking
  • The Individual in Community
  • Social Inquiry I

Examines the diversity of human lifeways and cultures across a variety of societies and through time, as well as the social processes that shape individuals. Seminar-style introduction to cultural anthropology through the reading of ethnography, with discussion and debate. (For anthropology majors, this course can serve as a substitute for AN 101.) Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, The Individual in Community, Critical Thinking.

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Literature of the Harlem Renaissance

CAS AA 507

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., EN 120 or WR 100 or WR 120). - An exploration of the literature of the "New Negro Renaissance" or, more popularly, the Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1935. Discussions of essays, fiction, and poetry, three special lectures on the stage, the music, and the visual arts of the Harlem Renaissance. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing- Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Boelcskevy AAS 102 MWF 12:20 pm-1:10 pm Mts w/CAS EN377

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Seminar in African American History

CAS AA 871

Graduate seminar in African American history surveys shifts in historiography in the last 25 years in slavery studies, Black women's, Black youth history, Great Migration, the histories of racial justice and coalitional movements (CR, BP, BLM), and the recent turn in carceral studies.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Austin FLR 209 W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm Mts w/GRS HI698

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Seminar: The Family

CAS AA 804

Explores the rise of "modern" families and the plurality of contemporary family forms and processes including gay and lesbian families and new reproductive technologies. Particular attention to social and economic inequalities and their implications for family life. Also offered as GRS SO 804.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Bowman CGS 525 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Islamic Art and Architecture

CAS AH 220

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Research and Information Literacy

Examines key monuments of Islamic art and architecture within their historical and cultural context, and emphasizes the diversity within the visual cultures of the Islamic world. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Alnajada CAS 426 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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Professional Development Seminar

CAS AM 899

Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of required coursework. - A seminar offering advanced AMNESP PhD students the opportunity to present and discuss works-in-progress and structured guidance for the tasks involved in job applications. Open to PhD students after completing required coursework. Does not fulfill PhD course requirements.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Sichel T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm Open to PhD students after completing required coursework. Does not fulfill PhD course requirement

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Atlantic Africa and the Slave Trade

CAS AA 396

Examines--both by region and across the larger Atlantic area--the ways that overseas commerce, in particular the slave trade, interacted with and was shaped by African politics and economic variables. Also offered as CAS HI 353.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Castillo AAS 102 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am class is moving to MWF 10:10-11:00

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African Diaspora Religions

CAS AA 383

  • Historical Consciousness
  • The Individual in Community
  • Research and Information Literacy

This course introduces students to religions of the African Diaspora, with a specific focus on the Caribbean and the Americas. Religious traditions such as Africanized Christianity, Cuban Santer¿a, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candombl¿ and African American Spiritualism will be explored. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

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Religion in the Digital Age

CAS AA 356

  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (CAS WR 120 or equivalent) - How has technology impacted religion? This hands-on course explores how digital technologies like the Internet, social media, gaming, and artificial intelligence have changed the way that people think about religion. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Writing-Intensive Course, Creativity/Innovation.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Guillory CAS 225 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm Mts w/CAS RN356 Mts w/GRS AA656 Mts w/GRS RN656

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American Buildings and Landscapes

CAS AH 385

An introductory analytic survey of American buildings and landscapes within their historical and cultural contexts. Students examine forces that have shaped the American built environment. Topics range from Indian mounds to commercial strips, Spanish missions to skyscrapers. Also offered as CAS AM 385.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Moore CAS 229 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Mts w/CAS AM385

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Colloquium in Latin American Art

CAS AH 742

Case studies designed to explore the main aesthetic, social, and historical discourses surrounding image production in Latin America while familiarizing students with main scholars in the field and their methodologies.

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Places of Memory: Historic Preservation Theory and Practice

CAS AM 546

Covers key aspects of the history, theory, and practice of historic preservation. Preservation is discussed in the context of cultural history and the changing relationship between existing buildings and landscapes and attitudes toward history, memory, invented tradition, and place. Also offered as CAS AH 546 and CAS HI 546.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Stevenson HIS 110 F 11:15 am-2:00 pm Mts w/CAS AH546 Mts w/CAS HI546 ; seats reserved for incoming MA students in Preservation Studies Program.

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Topics in African American Studies

CAS AA 400

Topics and pre-requisites vary. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Topic for Spring 2024: Archaeology of the African Diaspora. This course explores material evidence in the study of the slave trade and its legacies. It emphasizes dialogues and community engagement, the stewardship of human remains, and reburial. Discussions will focus on methodology and theory in African Diaspora burial contexts.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Pereyra AAS 102 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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TPCS: ANTHRO

CAS AN 200

TPCS: ANTHRO

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Black Power in the Classroom: The History of Black Studies

CAS AA 112

  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Social Inquiry I

Centers Black experiences, cultures, knowledge production and identity formation in the United States and in the African Diaspora across time and space. Examines and traces the genealogies of Black Studies as a discipline: its political, ideological, and practical foundations on college campuses and in communities. Also explores earlier traditions and contemporary work in Black radical thought and activism that lay the groundwork for and build on the founding principles of Black Studies by mobilizing an intersectional and diasporic lens. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I, Research and Information Literacy.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Williams CAS 426 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Mts w/CAS HI112

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Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

CAS AN 201

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Social Inquiry I

An introduction to the archaeology and Indigenous peoples civilizations of the Americas, with a focus on the precolonial era. Topics progress chronologically as well as comparatively, with cases drawn from Native American cultures of the North America, Mesoamerica, and South America. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Fall 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Scientific Inquiry I.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Chase MCS B29 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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Seminar on Sociology of Families

CAS AA 404

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and at least two previous Sociology courses; or consent of instructor. First-Year Writing Seminar (WR 120 or equi valent) - Explores the rise of "modern" families and the plurality of contemporary family forms and processes in global contexts. Particular attention to intersections of race, class, and gender inequalities and their implications for family life. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Bowman CGS 525 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Topics in American Material Culture

CAS AM 567

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior or senior standing or consent of instructor. - An interdisciplinary research seminar exploring a topic in American material culture. Specific content will vary by semester and may be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2025: Material Culture of the Environment.

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Arts of Africa and Its Diaspora

CAS AA 215

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy

Exploration of a diversity of visual and performing arts from Africa, including royal regalia, masquerades, and contemporary painting. Examines how the dispersal of Africans, due to the transatlantic slave trade and immigration, contributed to the cultural richness of the Americas. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

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What's Boston?

CAS AM 202

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

What's Boston? explores Boston's complex urban and natural world. University faculty share cutting-edge research, focusing on Boston as a PLACE and a guiding IDEA, introducing the perspectives of disparate scholarly disciplines. Discover where you stand and where you might go! Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills one unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

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Places of Memory: Historic Preservation Theory and Practice

CAS AH 546

Covers key aspects of the history, theory, and practice of historic preservation. Preservation is discussed in the context of cultural history and the changing relationship between existing buildings and landscapes and attitudes toward history, memory, invented tradition, and place. Also offered as CAS AM 546 and CAS HI 546.

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Modern American Art

CAS AH 386

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

This class explores the diverse and contested field of modern art in the United States, examining the broad range of artists and art practices that laid claim to aesthetic modernism in the years between 1890 and 1945. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Prince MCS B31 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm .

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Atlantic History

CAS AA 885

Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1800. Begins by defining the political interaction, then emphasizes cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. Also offered as GRS HI 750.

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Introduction to African American Literature

CAS AA 103

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (WR 120 or equivalent) - What is the African American literary tradition? In this course, we will read poetry, slave narratives, essays, speeches, tales, short stories, and novels and consider how culture, politics, and history shape African American literature. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Boelcskevy STH B22 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am Mts w/CAS EN129

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History of Religion in Pre-Colonial Africa

CAS AA 882

Study of the development of religious traditions in Africa during the period prior to European colonialism. An emphasis both on indigenous religions and on the African roots and the growth and spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the continent as a whole. Also offered as GRS HI 749 and GRS RN 682.

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Labor, Sexuality, and Resistance in the Afro-Atlantic World

CAS AA 514

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Historical Consciousness

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing. - The role of slavery in shaping the society and culture of the Afro-Atlantic world, highlighting the role of labor, the sexual economy of slave regimes, and the various strategies of resistance deployed by enslaved people. Also offered as CAS HI 584. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Thornton AAS 102 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Topics in Art and Society

CAS AH 527

May be repeated for credit as topics change. Two topics are offered Fall 2024. Section A1: The Mount Auburn Cemetery. An exploration of remembrance, and the invention, appropriation, and development of imagery and landscape for commemorative monuments. Much of this seminar takes place on site in the Mount Auburn Cemetery and in regional early Burying Grounds. Walking shoes required. Section B1: Global Islamic Art. This seminar is an overview of the history of global Islamic art, including manuscripts, textiles, ceramics and more from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Students also learn how museums and curators shape the field of Islamic art.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Kahn CAS 303A W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm .

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B1 Mansour CAS 308 R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm -

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A1 Kahn CAS 303A T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm .

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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B1 Smythe-Johnson CAS 303A M 2:30 pm-5:15 pm .

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Boston Architectural and Community History Workshop

CAS AH 554

Focuses on class readings, lectures, and research on a single neighborhood or community in Boston (or Greater Boston). Topic for Fall 2023: This interdisciplinary course explores a single Boston neighborhood's evolution through site visits, archival research, classroom discussions, and group and individual projects. Students investigate how Boston's historical transformations shaped and were shaped by its unique and compelling built environment.

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Black American Cinema

CAS AA 630

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • The Individual in Community

A survey of important genres and movements in the history of Black American cinema, with possible focus on race films, civil rights dramas, horror and Blaxploitation films, postcolonial cinema, the LA Rebellion school, Black independent film, afrofuturism, and/or more. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Denison FLR 121 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm

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Colonialism in Africa

CAS AA 348

Uses case studies of particular African societies or nations to examine patterns of European conquest and African resistance; forms of colonial administration and socioeconomic consequences of colonial rule; decolonization and contemporary African liberation movements; economic and political developments since independence; and contemporary social and cultural change.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Castillo CAS B06B MWF 9:05 am-9:55 am

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American Cultural Landscape Studies

CAS AH 525

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor. - This seminar provides an introduction to analyzing and interpreting American cultural landscapes and acquaints students with the historiography of interdisciplinary study of the built environment. Also offered as CAS AM 525.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Moore HIS 110 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Mts w/CAS AM525

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Colloquium in Greek Art and Architecture

CAS AH 733

Graduate Corequisites: (CASAH 734) - (Students must also register for required co-requisite CASAH 734.) This graduate-level colloquium will critically examine issues of Greek Classical art and architecture covered in AH333 Arts of Classical Greece. It fulfills the art-historical methodologies requirement for MA students.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Martin CAS 315 MWF 9:05 am-9:55 am

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Arts of Africa and Its Diaspora

CAS AH 215

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy

Exploration of a diversity of visual and performing arts from Africa, including royal regalia, masquerades, and contemporary painting. Examines how the dispersal of Africans, due to the transatlantic slave trade and immigration, contributed to the cultural richness of the Americas. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.

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Bob Dylan: Music and Words

CAS AM 336

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120) - This course examines Bob Dylan's music and lyrics from 1962 to 1975 in the context of his life, artistic influences, and milieu. We will explore the wealth of criticism and reaction his songs have inspired, paying special attention to questions concerning the nature of his art--for example, his dependence on musical tradition or the relationship between song lyrics and poetry--and past and current critical discussion about his legacy. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing- Intensive Course, Aesthetic Exploration.

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Perspectives on the American Experience

CAS AM 301

  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy

American history and culture as viewed by those who made it. Topics vary from semester to semester. Topic for Topic for Spring 2025: The History of Climate Resilience. By studying the history of climate challenges, this course offers an innovative and momentous understanding of cities. Effective Summer I, 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

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Topics in History of Art & Architecture

CAS AH 500

Topics for Fall 2024: Section A1: "Methods of Inquiry in Architecture Studies" This seminar draws from different methods across the humanities, social sciences, and environmental design to explore the range of research methods that can be used in architecture studies and architectural history. As we work through the semester, students do assigned readings that provide an overview of intellectual debates and methodological approaches for architectural research, including humanist, ethnographic, archival, oral historical, urban, environmental, postcolonial, forensic, photographic, and virtual. Throughout, students work on a set of exercises specifically created to expose them to different kinds of methods. Section B1: Carving the Divine: Japanese Buddhist Sculpture. This course explores the golden age of Buddhist sculpture in Japan from the seventh through thirteenth centuries. Through focused studies of major works, students will combine art historical analysis with multidisciplinary approaches to the study of these complex cultural artifacts.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Alnajada CAS 308 M 2:30 pm-5:15 pm

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B1 Borengasser CAS 303A T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm -

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Alnajada CAS 303A R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm .

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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B1 Zhang CAS 303A W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm Course Title: Artistic Encounter and Exchange in the Qing Empire Course Description: This seminar delves into the complex challenges that art historians face when navigating cultural interactions, encompassing visual, linguistic, and philosophical dimensions. Our primary focus will be on the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the last imperial dynasty of China, ruled by the minority Manchus. We will explore the appropriation and translation of visual schemes and artistic technologies between China and Europe, as well as with East, Central, and South Asia, and the Americas. Throughout the course, we will engage with a variety of interdisciplinary scholarly readings that present innovative perspectives on the movement of ideas and visual forms across cultures. These discussions will provide a rich context for understanding artistic innovation and how art reveals underlying beliefs, values, and power dynamics. Course taught by Gillian Zhang Wednesdays, 2:30-5:15 PM

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Reparations, Restitution, Restorative Justice for Slavery and Jim Crow Segregation: The Debate

CAS AA 459

Drawing from a wide-range of interdisciplinary scholarship, this course examines the debate surrounding demands for reparations for slavery, Jim Crow Segregation, and institutionalized racism in the US. Also examines reparations in the comparative context of emerging national and international movements.

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Independent Research Project Colloquium

CAS AM 775

Undergraduate Prerequisites: Preservation Studies master's student standing. - Restricted to students in their final semester of the Preservation Studies Master's Program. Provides for the research and writing of an independent, rigorous, and original capstone project in the preservation field, with guidance from faculty.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Stevenson ARR 12:00 am-12:00 am Preservation Studies MA students only; this course serves as the capstone for this program.

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SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 ARR 12:00 am-12:00 am Preservation Studies MA students only; this course serves as the capstone for this program.

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African American Women's History

CAS AA 297

  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Social Inquiry I

Survey of African American women's history from the slave trade to the present, investigating its critical role in shaping the meaning of race, gender, and sexuality during slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights era. Also offered as CAS HI 297 and CAS WS 297. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Austin CAS 226 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm

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Southern Baroque Art

CAS AH 361

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores transformations in painting, sculpture, and architecture of late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Italy, Spain, and France. Topics include: crisis of the religious image and Counter-Reformation; arts in service of a rejuvenated, triumphant Catholic faith; papal nepotism and patronage. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

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Religion, Race, and Climate Change

CAS AA 416

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Social Inquiry I

A multi-disciplinary course delving into the influence of religion and race on human behavior and non-human, planetary realities at local and global scales. It focuses on the historical, systemic, and societal implications associated with ongoing climate change debates. Effective Fall 2024 fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry I.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Hill REL 404 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Art, Media, and Buddhism

CAS AH 325

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

Examines how textual, visual, and material forms of religious expressions have been conceptualized by Buddhists as well as how Buddhist objects are understood and re- contextualized in the West. Topics include: self- immolation; museums; war propaganda, and pop culture. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Teamwork/Collaboration.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Hughes CAS 502 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

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Introduction to Art in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post- Modernism

CAS AH 112

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

Major monuments and artists in Europe and the United States from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism. Sequential development of major styles in architecture, sculpture, painting, and photography. Relationship of visual art to social and cultural forces. Effective Spring 2023, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Teamwork/Collaboration.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Cranston STO B50 MWF 11:15 am-12:05 pm

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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B1 Ribner CAS B25A M 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

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C1 Ribner HIS 304 M 12:20 pm-1:10 pm

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D1 Ribner CAS B25A M 2:30 pm-3:20 pm

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E1 Ribner CAS B25A M 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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F1 Ribner CGS 121 T 12:30 pm-1:20 pm

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G1 Ribner CAS 320 T 2:00 pm-2:50 pm

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H1 Ribner STH 319 W 12:20 pm-1:10 pm

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I1 Ribner CAS B25A W 4:40 pm-5:30 pm

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J1 Ribner CAS B25A W 2:30 pm-3:20 pm

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K1 Ribner CAS 323B W 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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L1 Ribner CAS 308 T 3:35 pm-4:25 pm

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Native American and Indigenous Studies

CAS AM 220

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Creativity/Innovation

Examines diverse cultural expressions of Native peoples, from oral traditions to modern fiction, and their historic and political contexts. Employs interdisciplinary perspectives from Native American and Indigenous Studies to ask critical questions about the arts, identity, community, and creativity. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, The Individual in Community, Creativity/Innovation.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Battenfeld SAR 104 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Atlantic History

CAS AA 385

Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1820. Begins by defining the political interaction, then emphasizes cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Thornton FLR 207 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am

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Science, Technology, Media: Race and Contemporary Criticism

CAS AA 740

Undergraduate Prerequisites: for GRS students only - This course focuses on racial engagements with science, technology and media. Topics range from genomics to artificial intelligence, medicine and popular culture. Though rooted in literary and cultural criticism, these interdisciplinary texts will also provide an introduction to various methodologies.

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Race and the Development of the American Economy: A Global Perspective

CAS AA 363

  • Historical Consciousness
  • Social Inquiry II

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASEC101) or consent of instructor. - Surveys the economic history of African Americans within the context of the development of the American and global economies. Topics include the economics of slavery; race and industrialization; the Great Migration; anti- discrimination legislation; and the historical origins of contemporary racial inequalities. Also offered as CAS EC 363. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry II.

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Contemporary Art: 1980 to Now

CAS AH 393

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores the terms of debate, key figures, and primary sites for the production and reception of contemporary art on a global scale since 1980. Painting, installation art, new media, performance, art criticism, and curatorial practice are discussed. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Williams CAS 224 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Mts w/GRS AH693

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History of Photography

CAS AH 395

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Historical Consciousness

An introduction to the study of photographs. The history of the medium in Europe and America from its invention in 1839 to the present. After lectures on photographic theory and methodology, photographs are studied both as art objects and as historical artifacts. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Horn CDS B62 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Reconstructing the African Past

CAS AA 237

  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores the richness and diversity of a continent where oral histories and environmental settings have shaped society as much as written records. Considers Africa's critical place in the world from ancient Egypt and Ghana to the Asante and Ethiopian empires. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness.

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Arts of Japan

CAS AH 326

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Research and Information Literacy

The arts of Japan, from prehistory to the twentieth century. Lectures intend to cover a broad range of media (painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints) and building types (temples, palaces, castles, teahouses). Special attention is paid to major projects integrating multiple forms. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy.

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Internships in Public History

CAS AM 313

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Students undertake supervised work in Boston-area institutions dedicated to the public presentation of America's past. Students meet with the instructor to discuss themes in public history theory and practice that, together with the internship experience and related readings, inform a final research project and class presentation. Also offered as CAS HI 313.

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Women, Power, and Culture in Africa

CAS AA 588

Understanding the role of women in African history. Topics include the Atlantic slave trade, power, religion, the economy, resistance movements, health, the state, and kinship. Emphasis on the period before independence. Also offered as CAS HI 588.

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Material Culture

CAS AH 367

Introduction to the theory and practice of the interdisciplinary study of material culture, which includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. Topic for Fall 2024: Thinking with American Pie. Sweet or savory, appetizer, entrée, or dessert, pie provides an exceptional opportunity to trace an American commonplace through its constitutive elements and contexts. The class organizes itself around pie as an idea, object, and pathway to see what material culture can teach us about the U.S. and its diverse cultures.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Bunschoten HIS B06 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Mts w/ AM 367

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Race and the Politics of Criminal Justice Policy

CAS AA 319

  • Critical Thinking
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Social Inquiry I

How many people are affected by the criminal justice system? What is the relationship between crime and race? What criminal justice policies, if any, should change? In this course, students will grapple with these questions. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Ethical Reasoning, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Piston PHO 206 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm Mts w/CAS PO316

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Topics in Nineteenth Century Art

CAS AH 589

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior or senior (or graduate student). - Topic for Fall 2023: The Age of Napoleon. The seminar addresses European art from the 1770s through the mid-nineteenth century, when artists were certain of nothing except -- in the words of the poet John Keats -- "the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of the imagination."

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Arts of China

CAS AH 327

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Research and Information Literacy

Explores major works of Chinese art, from bronze vessels, Buddhist caves, ink painting, to contemporary performance. Addresses topics such as constructions of monumentality, cultural exchange, displays of power, literati identity, feminine space, and quests for modernization. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Research and Information Literacy.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Maddaloni CAS 201 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Taught by Fosca Maddaloni

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African Diaspora Arts in the Americas

CAS AH 316

This course introduces arts of the African diaspora in the Caribbean, South America, and the United States by examining aesthetic, religious, and philosophical systems. Examines artistic forms including Santería altars, Haitian architecture, Caribbean masquerading, and contemporary African-American artists.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Smythe-Johnson CAS 211 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am Mts w/ AA 316

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History and Theory of Landscape Architecture

CAS AH 399

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120). - Explores man's relationship with nature by a study of selected built environments from antiquity to the present. Focus on both the private garden and the public park--here considered as works of art--and their changing forms, meaning, and interpretations. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing- Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Haenraets PSY B53 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Religion, Race, and Climate Change

CAS AA 616

A multi-disciplinary course delving into the influence of religion and race on human behavior and non-human, planetary realities at local and global scales. It focuses on the historical, systemic, and societal implications associated with ongoing climate change debates. Effective Fall 2024 fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry I.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Hill REL 404 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Material Culture

CAS AM 867

Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Introduction to the theory and practice of the interdisciplinary study of material culture, which includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. Explore contemporary scholarship from a range of disciplines. Also offered as GRS AH 867.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Moore HIS 110 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm Mts w/GRS AH867

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Preservation Planning

CAS AM 554

Introduces students to local, state, and national government policies and practices intended to protect historically and aesthetically significant structures. In addition, the course covers planning approaches aimed at managing redevelopment in established neighborhoods, to create livable and sustainable communities.

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Seminar: Twentieth-Century Architecture

CAS AH 893

Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Fall 2022 topic: "Government Architecture." The state is a place. What can we learn from its architecture? What can we hope from it, and how can it fail us? Focus on the United States. A joint seminar of MIT (Political Science) and BU (Architectural History).

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Twentieth-Century Art from 1940 to 1980

CAS AH 692

Explores art of the mid-twentieth century, addressing the following topics in relation to postwar culture and Cold War politics: realism vs. abstraction, global pop art and conceptual art, new materials and technologies, international artists' networks, and performative art practices.

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Seminar: Baroque Art and Architecture

CAS AH 863

Topic for Fall 2023: "A Golden Age? Global and Material Turns in the Study of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art." This seminar explores the so-called "Golden Age" of seventeenth-century Dutch art, with particular focus on the global and materiality studies approaches that have recently transformed the field. Classes conducted at the MFA's new Center for Netherlandish.

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The American South in History, Literature, and Film

CAS AM 505

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores the American South through literature, film, and other sources. Considers what, if anything, has been distinctive about the Southern experience and how a variety of Americans have imagined the region over time. Also offered as CAS HI 505. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Silber HIS 304 R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm Meets with CASHI 505

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Arts in America

CAS AH 284

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

A survey of art and visual culture made in North America between the early colonial period and World War I, exploring the ways that painters, sculptors, photographers, and graphic artists navigated major aesthetic debates, political conflicts, and economic crises. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Teamwork/Collaboration.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Barrett SCI 117 MWF 10:10 am-11:00 am

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Seminar: African Art

CAS AH 822

Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Fall 2022 Topic: Benin Bronzes in Context With a focus on collections-based learning, this seminar explores the historical and cultural context of art of the Benin Kingdom beginning with the material culture of Ile-Ife and concluding with contemporary conversations concerning repatriation, ethical stewardship, and institutional critique.

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Problems in African Diaspora Art History

CAS AA 571

Introduces students to the field of African Diaspora Art History. Each week we look at a different “problem” of diaspora—beginnings, language, archives— giving students various entry points into the issues that shape the sub-field.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Smythe-Johnson AAS 102 R 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Transnational Black Radicalism from the 19th Century to the Present

CAS AA 388

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores black cultural and political movements and examines how they interacted in ways that establish ideas crucial to our contemporary moment through readings in literature and history, film and popular culture productions. Effective Spring 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Historical Consciousness, Critical Thinking.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Scott FLR 209 TR 3:30 pm-4:45 pm

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Seminar: Portraiture

CAS AH 812

Topic for Fall 2023: "Picturing Race in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1700." This seminar traces a history of visual constructions of race and ethnicity in Europe through paintings, sculpture, prints, maps, and other forms of visual depiction of racial difference. Please note that this course will be building a collaborative syllabus during the first few weeks of the class.

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Arts of Classical Greece

CAS AH 333

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Historical Consciousness

Examines architecture, sculpture, painting, and metalwork of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in their original contexts. Addresses such larger issues as development of portraiture; tension of "real" and "ideal"; roles and shifting iconographies of myth; and political use of monuments. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Martin CAS 315 MWF 9:05 am-9:55 am Mts w/ AR 333

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Colloquium in Chinese Art

CAS AH 727

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Research and Information Literacy

Graduate Corequisites: (GRSAH728) - (Students must also register for required co-req GRS AH 728.) This graduate-level colloquium will critically examine issues of Chinese art covered in AH327 Arts of China. Special attention will be given to recent scholarship that engages with Chinese art in a greater socio-cultural context. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Aesthetic Exploration, Research and Information Literacy. Must attend MWF section with AH327.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Maddaloni CAS 201 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm Mts w/CAS AH327

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Colloquium in Chinese Art Discussion

CAS AH 728

Graduate Corequisites: (GRSAH727) - Required discussion section for students registered in GRS AH 727. Students must also register for GRS AH 727.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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B1 Maddaloni CAS 308 R 10:10 am-11:55 am

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Global Heritage Conservation

CAS AH 548

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Examining global approaches towards heritage conservation through a study of concepts, charters and case studies, using themes such as world heritage, cultural tourism, historic towns, new design, intangible heritage, authenticity, integrity, recent past, historic landscapes, conflict, disasters, revitalization and reconstruction.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Haenraets CAS 303A R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Introduction to African American Women Writers

CAS AA 304

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (ex. WR 120) - This course studies the cultural contexts and the ongoing relevance of significant works by African American Women Writers. Works by Jacobs, Butler, Harper, Hurston, Brooks, Kincaid, Morrison and Marshall complemented by critical articles lay out this rich tradition. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking. Effective Fall 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Boelcskevy FLR 206 TR 12:30 pm-1:45 pm

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Global Baroque: Art and Power in the Seventeenth Century

CAS AH 563

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor. - Investigates the interaction between art and structures of power in 17th-century Europe, with particular attention to its global dimensions. Focus on Rubens, Rembrandt, Velazquez, and Bernini but also other forms of cultural production that circulated through global trade.

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White Supremacist Thought: Self, Culture and Society since the 18th Century

CAS AA 580

Within a global and comparative context, this course explores the simultaneous, mutualistically symbiotic emergence and sustained codependent development of autonomous individuality and white supremacy in western Europe and the United States from the 18th century to the present day.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Richardson STH 636 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Research Seminar in American Studies

CAS AM 502

  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Writing-Intensive Course

American Studies majors and minors complete their program of study by undertaking a one- or two-semester (AM501 and/or AM502) senior project based on original research or criticism. Topics vary by semester. Topic for Spring 2025: Asian Americans and Colonial Racial Capitalism. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Writing-Intensive, Research and Information Literacy.

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Boston Architecture and Urbanism

CAS AH 387

  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • Social Inquiry I
  • Teamwork/Collaboration

This class presents a history of Boston from the seventeenth through twenty- first centuries, as seen through the region's architectural and urban history. Major buildings, architects, and urban planning schemes are examined in terms of economic, political, social, and institutional histories. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Social Inquiry I, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Abramson MUG 205 MW 2:30 pm-5:15 pm

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High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy

CAS AH 557

Topic for Fall 2024: Collecting and Exhibiting Italian Renaissance Art. This seminar considers the collection and exhibition of Italian Renaissance art from the 15th century until the current day. Relevant topics include: historic and contemporary practices of collecting and display; private and public space; 19th C. Boston and the interest in Italian Renaissance art; and the architecture of seclusion. The seminar also critically evaluates current exhibitions of Italian Renaissance art in Boston-area museums, as well as digital exhibitions/projects.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Cranston CAS 303A T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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African Americans in Global Perspective: Slavery and the Creation of Race

CAS AA 234

  • Critical Thinking
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy

A study of how chattel slavery in the Americas led to racialization as a primary tool in the creation of American society and New World capitalism. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Scott AAS 102 TR 9:30 am-10:45 am

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Scott AAS 102 TR 9:30 am-10:45 am

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American Buildings and Landscapes

CAS AM 385

An introductory analytic survey of American buildings and landscapes within their historical and cultural contexts. Students examine forces that have shaped the American built environment. Topics range from Indian mounds to commercial strips, Spanish missions to skyscrapers. Also offered as CAS AH 385.

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Topics in Religion and Music

CAS AA 225

May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Fall 2019: Religion and Hip Hop Culture. Considers an often overlooked element in the study of hip hop culture, religion. Specifically, the course offers students the opportunity to examine the variety of ways that religion finds expression in the dynamic cultural medium of hip hop.

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Baroque Arts in Northern Europe

CAS AH 365

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Historical Consciousness

Explores the rich artistic traditions of the northern (Dutch) and southern (Flemish) Netherlands from the late sixteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Emphasis on major artists such as Rubens, Van Dyck, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Visits to the MFA's new Center for Netherlandish Art, conditions permitting. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Zell CAS 426 TR 11:00 am-12:15 pm

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Curatorship

CAS AH 521

Undergraduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Topic for Spring 2023: This course examines the role of the curator today and considers practices and debates related to decentralizing and decolonizing paradigms of art, privileging, and foregrounding historically excluded narratives of art, and shaping new and inclusive approaches to exhibition-making. Students also learn practical and theoretical tools used by curators in these processes, including wall text and labels, display techniques, and educational programs supplemented by readings, class discussions, and case studies

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Zell CAS 308 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Seminar: Ethnic, Race, and Minority Relations

CAS AA 408

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASAA207 OR CASSO207) or consent of instructor. - Formation and position of ethnic minorities in the United States, including cross-group comparisons from England, Africa, and other parts of the world. Readings and field experience.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Zabala Ortiz FLR 209 R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

SPRG 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Grundy FLR 207 T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm

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Material Culture

CAS AM 367

Introduction to the theory and practice of the interdisciplinary study of material culture, which includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. Topic for Fall 2024: Thinking with American Pie. Sweet or savory, appetizer, entrée, or dessert, pie provides an exceptional opportunity to trace an American commonplace through its constitutive elements and contexts. The class organizes itself around pie as an idea, object, and pathway to see what material culture can teach us about the U.S. and its diverse cultures.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Bunschoten HIS B06 TR 2:00 pm-3:15 pm Mts w/CAS AH367. Topic for Fall 2024: American Pie

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Topics in African Art

CAS AH 574

With a focus on collections-based learning, this seminar explores the historical and cultural context of art of the Benin Kingdom beginning with the material culture of Ile-Ife and concluding with contemporary conversations concerning repatriation, ethical stewardship, and institutional critique.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Becker CAS 303A R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm

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Material Culture

CAS AH 867

Graduate Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. - Introduction to the theory and practice of the interdisciplinary study of material culture, which includes everything we make and use, from food and clothing to art and buildings. Explores contemporary scholarship from a range of disciplines. Also offered as GRS AM 867.

FALL 2024 Schedule

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A1 Moore HIS 110 T 3:30 pm-6:15 pm Mts w/GRS AM867

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American Arts and Society

CAS AM 250

Investigates key issues and themes in American arts and letters. Topic for Fall 2024: Documenting the Seventies: American Documentary Photography in the 1970s. This class seeks to explore the 1970s as an alternate flashpoint of photographic experimentation.

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Seminar in Photographic History

CAS AH 591

Undergraduate Prerequisites: junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor. - Topic for Spring 2024: “Documentary Photography.” A study of changing uses, definitions, and archives of documentary photography from 1839 to the present. Topics include urban photography, war imagery, topographical and survey landscapes, architectural records, social reform photography, New Deal imagery, and digital documents.

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Professional Development and Placement Seminar

CAS AH 805

Graduate Prerequisites: completion of PhD oral exam. - Offers advanced PhD students the opportunity to present and discuss works-in-progress and structured guidance for the tasks involved in academic and curatorial job applications.

SPRG 2025 Schedule

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A1 Barrett CAS 308 M 10:10 am-11:55 am

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Critical Studies: Black Diaspora Theory and Practice

CAS AA 677

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • The Individual in Community

Explore "diaspora" as a keyword for black studies, intervene in the term's emergence, usage, and many theorizations. Beginning with Paul Gilroy's take on diasporic culture and consciousness, course goes on to complicate/extend/challenge through lens of black gender and sexuality studies. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking.

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Race, Sex and Science Fiction

CAS AA 270

  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • Social Inquiry II

Science Fiction has always been engaged in complex conversations about culture and the fate of the human species. This course takes seriously the presence of issues such as race, sex and gender, which have become increasingly foregrounded in the genre. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Social Inquiry II, Critical Thinking.

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